Old gargoulette white terracotta

Pretty small gargoulette: it is a porous jug allowing evaporation to cool water or, more rarely, light wine it contains. This is why it is sometimes placed in the Sun, often outdoors in a hot place. The narrow spout allows to spray directly to the back of the throat, while maintaining the nozzle at distance from the mouth in general. It was especially used in the South, but its country origin suggests she also knew to make himself useful to farmers. She went through all these years without incident, except a small chip at the base of a 1/2 cm and put visible.